David More Anderson (2 February 1865 – 11 February 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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, to master painter Archibald Anderson and Elizabeth Buchanan, ''née'' More. He arrived in Australia in 1884, finding work as a grocer, agent and auctioneer in the

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area of Sydney. Around 1891 he married Emily Amelia Ely Linderman, with whom he had two children; he would later marry Florence May McWhirter and have a further six children. In 1896 he moved to

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and in 1905 to

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, serving as an alderman on

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from 1896 to 1919 (mayor 1904, 1908, 1913). He continued to work in the real estate and auctioneering business, and also established a brickworks in 1910. In 1920 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for

. With the reintroduction of single-member districts in 1927 he was elected as the member for

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, but he was defeated in 1930. Anderson died at Ryde in 1936.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, David 1865 births 1936 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of Ryde New South Wales local councillors Politicians from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia Australian auctioneers